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Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1990 (3.107042)
Date: 1990Creator: Stowell, Gladys, Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Plant hunters in China who brought back seeds for many of the trees in the China collection at the Arboretum; Behavioral Ecology with several studies done under the umbrella of the Emily Rogers Davis chair; and a special Earth Day celebration to dedicate the Crab Apple Lake system. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are included along with lists of active and new volunteers.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1990 (3.107043)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This issue of the Autumn 1990 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the compilation, publication, editions, layout and indexing, uses and documentation of Plants of the Chicago Region begun by Frank Swink and published by the Arboretum; and the Natural History Collection, organization, relocation and cataloging. Volunteer opportunities, classes and events are included along with information about existing and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Spring 1990 (3.107044)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Arboretum Propagation Facility including greenhouses; the introduction of fire or controlled burns into the East Woods; and the Soil Characterization Laboratory which was running tests on the soil and water at the Arboretum to ascertain the effects of sodium and calcium chlorides used as road deicers on the adjacent tollways. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, classes and events are featured along with lists of current and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Summer 1990 (3.107045)
Date: 1990Creator: Way, Carol, Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1990 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the Outpost and a description of the outdoor education programs for school age children; Dick Wason and his VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) team assisting with visitor education, plant placement and labeling; and the Dorothy Doughty porcelain bird collection in the Sterling Morton Library. The Doughty porcelain collection article gives a detailed account of the process the artist used to create the pieces from live bird models and the acquisition and instillation of the collection on the former rare book room display shelves. and . Volunteer opportunities, new volunteers, classes and programs are also featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Winter 1991 (3.107046)
Date: 1991Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1991 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Herbarium volunteer Kendall Winter and his quest to travel the world seeking varieties of sumac or Rhus and to bring back samples for the Herbarium; Dr. George Ware and an exchange program with China during which participants from China and the United States visited each others countries to learn about each others woody flora and their growing environments and bring back specimens. Volunteer opportunities, volunteer trainings, new volunteers, classes and programs are also discussed.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1991 (3.107047)
Date: 1991Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1991 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the establishment of a lichen herbarium including definitions and descriptions of lichen; an article about the Sterling Morton Library describing it's special collections and services and an article on plant curiosities at the Arboretum. There is also information about volunteer opportunities, classes and active and new volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1991 (3.107048)
Date: 1991Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1991 Branches Newsletter contains an interview with Gerald T. Donnelly who was the new Director of the Morton Arboretum at the time. There is also a short profile of Dianne Butkovich, a volunteer who mapped several areas of the Arboretum. Information about volunteer opportunities, classes, programs as well as information about volunteers and new volunteers are also included.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Summer 1991 (3.107049)
Date: 1991Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1991 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: an interview with artist and Curator of Rare Prints, Nancy Hart Stieber; and an article about the West Chicago Prairie and the study of it's soil by Morton Arboretum Soil Scientists Rick Hootman and Pat Kelsey. Information about volunteer positions, volunteers, classes and events is included along with lists of new volunteers
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1992 (3.107050)
Date: 1992Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1992 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Fischer Field, its origins and development as a test plot area for hybrid trees; the Outpost Wildflower Garden maintained by a volunteer group identified as VIEW (Volunteers in Education Work) and later WISH (Workers in Sylvan Horticulture); and START (Students Teamed in Arboretum Restoration Tasks) a volunteer group formed for high school students interested in working in restoration at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities. Volunteer information, lists of new volunteers and classes and programs are featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1992 (3.107051)
Date: 1992Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1992 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: Hatch Meadow and the transplanting project of Green Ash trees; and two Arboretum authors, Ian MacPhail and Charles Lewis and their books, Rearranging the World and Green Nature/Human Nature. The first book is a study of the work of the scientists at New Harmony, Indiana; Charles-Alexander Lesueur, Thomas Say, Andre Michaux and Francois Andre Michaux and the second is about the relationship between people and nature. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, trainings, classes and events are also included.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1992 (3.107052)
Date: 1992Creator: Halperin, Marilyn J.
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1992 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: Integrated Pest Management or IPM, the use of botanical products and predatory insects to control pests, as it was deployed in Greenhouse 9; and an extensive write up on the volunteer Appreciation evening that year. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, trainings, classes and events are also featured.
Extent: ;6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of the Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1993 (3.107053)
Date: 1993Creator: Kovach, Linda
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1993 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: an extensive interview with Dr. Tom Green, Plant Pathologist on his tenure at the Arboretum which included many tress studies, inventories and a study of mulches; and a write up of the recent volunteer recognition. A calendar of upcoming events, classes and trainings is included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1993 (3.107054)
Date: 1993Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1993 Branches newsletter contains articles on the following: the program to train and activate Naturalists Guides to conduct tours of the Arboretum for visitors and school groups both at the Arboretum and in school classrooms; the Arboretum Security Department and how it functions to safeguard the Arboretum and it's visitors. Volunteer opportunities, lists of new and continuing volunteers, classes, events and trainings are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1993 (3.107055)
Date: 1993Creator: Stowell, Gladys
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1993 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the tree distribution programs run by the Arboretum, Members Cooperative Research Program, Arbor Day Tree Distribution and Big Trees; a profile of the career of retiring Arboretum Landscape Architect, Tony Tyznik; and a description of the East Branch of the Du Page River including changes to the river including the planting of trees along it's banks at the Arboretum. Volunteer opportunities, classes, programs and lists of new and continuing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1993 (3.107056)
Date: 1993Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1993 Branches Newsletter contains articles on: the staff photographers at the Arboretum, John Kohout and Jim Nachel, and the Photo Lab collection; Hidden Lake Forest Preserve highlighting the section leased to the Arboretum; and an introduction to Linda Kovach, the new Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteer opportunities, classes, events and lists of new and existing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1994 (3.107057)
Date: 1994Creator: Way, Carol, Stowell, Gladys, Kovach, Linda
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1994 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: the four Audubon prints that hang above the fireplace in the Sterling Morton Library, engravings of a Whistling Swan, a Trumpeter Swan, Artic Loons and Common Loons; a write up of the volunteer recognition; and the Reader column which features books on the natural history of China from the Sterling Morton Library. Volunteer opportunities, trainings and classes are featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1994 (3.107058)
Date: 1994Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1994 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: The Midwest Plant Exploration Collaboration of which the Morton Arboretum is a member, and their expedition to Siberia to collect horticultural specimens; the development of the children's book collection in the Sterling Morton Library. Volunteer opportunities, trainings and classes and lists of new and continuing volunteers are included.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1994 (3.107059)
Date: 1994Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1994 Branches Newsletter features the following articles: a write up about the new Naturalists Certificate Program which was designed for the serious amateur naturalist to broaden, expand and deepen their understanding of the natural history of the Chicago area; an overview of the Central and West Asia Collection. Classes, trainings and upcoming events are also included.
Extent: 5 pages
Branches: Newsletter of The Morton Arboretum Volunteers, Spring 1995 (3.107060)
Date: 1995Creator: Way, Carol, Kovach, Linda
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1995 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: birding hot spots at the Arboretum featuring Ware Field, Pinetum and other areas; a biographical sketch and interview with Christopher Dunn, the new Director of the Research Department; and a brief farewell from Linda Kovach as Diane Caton assumes the role of Volunteer Coordinator. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, classes and events are also featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: Newsletter of The Morton Arboretum Volunteers, Winter 1995 (3.107061)
Date: 1995Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1995 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: the Wild Garden, it's history, development, the volunteer group involved and it's reestablishment after the renovations at Thornhill, Workers in Sylvan Horticulture (VIEW); and the High School Education Reach Out in Botany group (HERB) which involved area high school students in the Herbarium, mounting and illustrating plants. Volunteer opportunities, trainings, events and classes are featured along with lists of new and continuing volunteers.
Extent: 6 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1997 (3.107062)
Date: 1997Creator: McCallum, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1997 Branches Newsletter features the following: a profile of volunteer Bob Keely; the Family Fair activities and attendance; a poem about volunteers; and the Arboretum Mission Statement. Special activities, news, volunteer opportunities and lists of new volunteers.
Extent: ;4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1997 (3.107063)
Date: 1997Creator: McCallum, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1997 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of volunteer Ray Kammer, photographer; the Bluebird Monitoring Program; and volunteer giving. Special activities, news, volunteer opportunities and new volunteers are also listed.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1997 (3.107064)
Date: 1997Creator: McCallum, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1997 Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of Elaine Fairbanks, longtime volunteer in the Marketing Department; START, Students Teamed in Arboretum Research Tasks and their work clearing invasive species from the Burr Oak Savanna; the establishment of the Arboretum Home Page on the World Wide Web, www.mortonarb.org; and volunteer giving. Special activities, news, volunteer opportunities and lists of new volunteers are included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Autumn 1998 (3.107065)
Date: 1998Creator: McCallum, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Autumn 1998 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a profile of volunteer Elaine Lockett and her work at the Arboretum Visitor Center; the Heritage Trail Project to establish the new trail; Fall Color Festival/Trick or Trees events and the volunteer groups that worked with the event; a short article on the Boerner Botanical Garden in Wisconsin and it's founder, Alfred L. Boerner. New employees, special activities, volunteer opportunities and lists of new volunteers are included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1998 (3.107066)
Date: 1998Creator: McCallum, Carol, Mauter, Pamela
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Spring 1998 Branches Newsletter contains articles on the following: a profile of volunteers Betty and Norm Thompson and their work with Arboretum artist Nancy Hart Stieber and Graphic Designer Michelle Klonowski; the Nature Artist Guild's upcoming art show, the expansion of the Family Fair; a brief update on bluebird monitoring at the Arboretum; and a poem, Spring awakening by volunteer Pamela Mauter. Special activities, news, volunteer opportunities and a list of new volunteers is are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1998 (3.107067)
Date: 1998Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue the Summer 1998 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: a profile of George Hickman, a volunteer in the Herbarium and Photography departments; the Urban Horticulture Research Lab established in 1997 to test plants for freezing and heat tolerance; the Volunteer Giving Program; and highlights of the Volunteer Recognition. Volunteer opportunities, Arboretum activities and news and a list of new volunteers are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter,1998 (3.107068)
Date: 1998Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Summer 1998 Branches newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of volunteer, Carolyn Lauing-Finzer, who designed and wore themed costumes at Family Fair and Trick or Trees among other programs; the upcoming master site priority projects; an Arboretum Exhibit at the Newberry Library in Chicago; and Winter Poem written by volunteer Laura Rowan. Natural Areas Management and other volunteer opportunities, arboretum activities and events, and a list of new volunteers are included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Spring 1999 (3.107069)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of volunteer Jim Humbert, who worked in the Japan Group, the Tree Breeding Lab and other departments; a new series of visitor programs offered as part of the new strategic plan including Buds 'n Blooms; construction of the Sterling Morton Library addition; the Chamber Concert series and volunteers Diane and David Schonauer who were instrumental in keeping the series going. Volunteer opportunities, Arboretum activities and a list of new volunteers is also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Summer 1999 (3.107070)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol, Mauter, Pamela
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Branches Newsletter features articles on the following: a profile of volunteers Bob and Ruth Job who worked in the Collections Department; a feature on the proposed Millennium boardwalk at Bur Reed Marsh and the funding drive; and the poem Birds by volunteer Pamela Mauter. Volunteer opportunities, Arboretum activities and arboretum news are also included.
Extent: 4 pages
Branches: A Newsletter for the Volunteers of The Morton Arboretum, Winter 1999 (3.107071)
Date: 1999Creator: Way, Carol
Type: Serial
Description:This digitized issue of the Winter 1999 Branches Newsletter includes articles on the following: volunteers Dolores and Ted Symon who have volunteered in the root and soil labs, at the Arbor Day plant sales and at the Visitors Center; the assistance of Eagle Scouts with the Heritage Trail Project under the direction of Ed Hedborn, Plant Records manager; the Volunteer giving Project; and the retirement of Carol Doty after 35 years at the Arboretum including overseeing the volunteer program. Volunteer opportunities, a list of new volunteers and Arboretum classes and activities are also featured.
Extent: 4 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 25 No. 04 (3.34533)
Date: December 21 1989 – March 20 1990Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 26 No. 01 (3.34534)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1990Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 26 No. 02 (3.34535)
Date: June 21 – September 20 1990Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 26 No. 03 (3.34536)
Date: September 21 – December 20 1990Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 26 No. 04 (3.34537)
Date: December 21 1990 – March 20 1991Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages
The Morton Arboretum Quarterly V. 27 No. 01 (3.34538)
Date: March 21 – June 20 1991Type: Serial
Extent: 16 pages